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presage
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of PRESAGE
1
a feeling that something bad will happen <I had a nagging presage that the results of my medical tests would not be good>
Related Words anticipation, foreknowledge; feel, insight, intuition; augury, omen, portent, sign; impression, suspicion; agitation, alarm (also alarum), anxiety, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, care, concern, disquiet, doubt, dread, fear, misgiving, nervousness, perturbation, unease, uneasiness, worry; foresight, prescience
2
something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event <the sight of the first robin is always a welcome presage of spring>
Related Words forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor; foretaste, hint, inkling, intimation, suggestion; forewarning; forecast, foretelling, prediction, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy); badge, mark, note, token; divination
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